Wednesday's Anchovies

Hahaha, the title told the whole story :P We want for a leisure trip and thus we chose Nong Khiaw and give up the most famous and must-go KwangSi Waterfall :P We keep it for our next visit, we shall meet soon :P There are still quite a lot of stuff to explore at Luang Prabang :) 1. Phou si Hill Phou si hill, located in the city centre, just next to the night market and Wat Mai. A 15-minute walk brought us to the peak with fantastic view over the whole Luang Prabang city as well as Mekong River! Don’t be scared with the “hill” since the path is well-managed and with proper staircase, not too difficult to go up. Entrance fee: 20,000 kip per person. The way up is well-maintained and built out of proper staircases. View from the peak. It is recommended to visit Phou Si Hill in the evening, since the night market is located next to it, after hiking can straight away hunt for food at the night market :P 2. Night market The best place to buy a...

Sa-bai-dee :) We would like to share some tips about travelling to Luang Prabang, Laos based on our own experience :) No.1 Kip Laos is using “kip”, but Thai Baht is commonly being accepted here as well. For Malaysian, you can bring along Thai Baht or USD and exchange at money changer in Laos. The rate we got is 1 USD for 8300 kip and 1 Baht for 246 kip. Based on our experience, expenses in Laos would be higher than in Thailand, based on price of food and snack. No.2 Convenient store There is no 7-eleven at Luang Prabang!!!!!! We not sure whether 7-eleven exists at Vientiane or not, but we cannot find any at Luang Prabang! There are only mini stores around the town and we spotted few pharmacies. Good thing is basic things like drinking water can be purchased easily from the mini stores (5,000kip for 1.5litres). Bad thing is there is very limited choice for snack like biscuit or bread from the mini stores and the price is not cheap at all. Most of the biscuits ...

ສະບາຍດີ Sa-bai-dee :) Selamat Hari Raya! Thanks to Raya holidays, and thanks to Air Asia, our last minute decision to fly over Luang Prabang, Laos could be achieved!!! Now everyone can fly LOL. We flied to Luang Prabang and decided to explore Nong Khiaw as well which is around 4hrs bus ride from Luang Prabang. This is our very first time to step on land of Laos, so excited to explore Laos and get confused with Kip, hahaha. “Kip” is the official currency in Laos, but Thai Baht is commonly being accepted by the locals as well. However, based on our experience, it is more worth to spend using Kip instead of Baht. You can choose to bring along US D or Thai Baht and exchange for Kip at Laos. There is money changer service at Luang Prabang Airport, but we noticed that the rate is slightly higher than those money changers available in town. The big value made us confused at first :P Our leisure itinerary as below :P Day 1 Kuala Lumpur – KLIA 2 – Luang Pra...